https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/484913-why-gun-claims-by-joe-biden-and-democrats-make-little-legal-senseWhy gun claims by Joe Biden and Democrats make little legal senseThe Democratic presidential debate down in South Carolina this week has proven once again the famous line that there are “lies, damned lies, and statistics.†The line is the perfect warning to the unwary about politicians citing statistics. The quote itself is widely misrepresented as the work of Mark Twain or British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, so it seems nothing can be trusted when it comes to statistics, not even quotes on statistics.
Some false statistics, however, are so facially absurd that they are indeed harmless except to the most gullible. That was the case when former Vice President Joe Biden attacked Senator Bernie Sanders over a vote that had favored the gun industry. Biden declared that, since the vote, 150 million Americans have been killed by guns. He also said the vote happened in 2007, when it was actually in 2005. ...
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The much greater danger, however, is not the statistical but the legal misrepresentations on gun control, and those are not confined just to Biden. After all, cracking down on guns is one of the defining issues for former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has pledged to “stop this nationwide madness.†In the debate, Biden dramatically glared into the camera to speak directly to the National Rifle Association, saying that he will fight the organization and the gun manufacturers if elected. The other Democratic candidates have made similar claims that they will reduce gun violence significantly with executive orders and laws.
Such statements are far more dishonest than the statistical flight of fancy promoted by Biden. Gun ownership is an individual constitutional right under the Second Amendment. A constitutional right cannot be reduced or changed by either executive order or legislation. ...
This article is wryly amusing, because Turley basically agrees with the Dems' goals - maybe a bit less radical - but he's debunking their claims left, left, and left (there is no right or center!
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The question Americans - even Dems - should ask is that since the candidates are claiming they will do wildly unconstitutional stuff, are the candidates that ignorant of the constitution? Or that tyrannous?
